Wishing to record the "membrane potential" of a cell, Jane takes two electrodes connected to a volt meter. She places the cell in a dish filled with saline and touches each of the two electrode tips against the plasma membrane on the extracellular side. Jane will record a voltage of ________.   -20 mV   -70 mV   +70 mV   +10 mV   0 mV

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Wishing to record the "membrane potential" of a cell, Jane takes two electrodes connected to a volt meter. She places the cell in a dish filled with saline and touches each of the two electrode tips against the plasma membrane on the extracellular side. Jane will record a voltage of ________.

 

-20 mV

 

-70 mV

 

+70 mV

 

+10 mV

 

0 mV

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